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Cherokee Warriors #2
Cherokee Warriors: The Lover
Desperate to save her small farm, Susanna Copeland decides to drive a herd of cattle to Kansas—but no crew will work for a woman. Looking for a man who'll pretend he's her husband, she bails Eagle Jack Sixkiller out of jail...and gets more than she bargained for. Jack enjoys beautiful women, and he especially enjoys teasing his "wife," kissing her in front of the men, inventing new verses of "Oh, Susanna", and inisting they share a tent. After all, to protect their charade—and her—everyone must believe they're married. And Susanna finds she likes it all much too much. But, happily widowed, she's decided no man will ever control her life again. Yet as they face stampedes, hailstorms, and theives together, they begin sharing a bedroll—and soon, their hearts.
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published October 1, 2002
About the author
Genell Dellin
32 books28 followersMontana is a magical place to Genell. Late in the 1800s, Westerners called it "The Last Best Place" and to her it seems to be so still today. The enormity of the sky and the mountains, the few people with so much space and so much strength, and the land that seems to go on forever hold a powerful attraction that she loves to use for the background of her books.
Genell is also a lifelong rodeo fan. Growing up, attending the Frontier Days Celebration and Rodeo in Fort Smith was a yearly tradition of her family. She and her sisters loved the danger and the drama and the flamboyant personalities who were part of the show. They played at being trick riders and barrel racers for weeks afterward.
So, when she realized that Chase Lomax, rodeo cowboy, who was a character in her first single title romance, Montana Blue, would be the hero of her next book, Montana Gold, she felt she had been given the best of all possible worlds. What a perfect excuse for attending more rodeos and performances of the PBR, the Professional Bull Riders! What a great reason to make another trip to Montana! What a marvelous opportunity to write about two of her deepest passions!
Genell Dellin has published more than 25 novels. Her historical romances have won multiple awards from Romantic Times BOOKclub and the University of Oklahoma School of Professional Writing. She also receives hundreds of letters from readers in response to her contemporary inspirational romances written as Gena Dalton for the Steeple Hill Books imprint.
She lives with her husband in rural Oklahoma on a limestone hillside not far from a marker proclaiming the highest spot in the Cherokee Nation. Since their son has grown up and gone away to be a QuarterHorse trainer, they share their place with only four-footed family members. The bossy cat named Smokey keeps Genell company while she writes and sometimes offers her advice.
*Cherokee Warriors is Genell's second Cherokee series for Avon Books inspired by family stories about her great-grandmother, who was born on the way to Indian Territory from Georgia.
*Montana Gold is a sequel to Montana Blue.
*Montana Gold is the second in Genell's series of single title contemporary romances set in Montana. "Chase Lomax is a perfect example of what grit and daring can accomplish," she says. "I loved writing him. He inspired me."
Genell is also a lifelong rodeo fan. Growing up, attending the Frontier Days Celebration and Rodeo in Fort Smith was a yearly tradition of her family. She and her sisters loved the danger and the drama and the flamboyant personalities who were part of the show. They played at being trick riders and barrel racers for weeks afterward.
So, when she realized that Chase Lomax, rodeo cowboy, who was a character in her first single title romance, Montana Blue, would be the hero of her next book, Montana Gold, she felt she had been given the best of all possible worlds. What a perfect excuse for attending more rodeos and performances of the PBR, the Professional Bull Riders! What a great reason to make another trip to Montana! What a marvelous opportunity to write about two of her deepest passions!
Genell Dellin has published more than 25 novels. Her historical romances have won multiple awards from Romantic Times BOOKclub and the University of Oklahoma School of Professional Writing. She also receives hundreds of letters from readers in response to her contemporary inspirational romances written as Gena Dalton for the Steeple Hill Books imprint.
She lives with her husband in rural Oklahoma on a limestone hillside not far from a marker proclaiming the highest spot in the Cherokee Nation. Since their son has grown up and gone away to be a QuarterHorse trainer, they share their place with only four-footed family members. The bossy cat named Smokey keeps Genell company while she writes and sometimes offers her advice.
*Cherokee Warriors is Genell's second Cherokee series for Avon Books inspired by family stories about her great-grandmother, who was born on the way to Indian Territory from Georgia.
*Montana Gold is a sequel to Montana Blue.
*Montana Gold is the second in Genell's series of single title contemporary romances set in Montana. "Chase Lomax is a perfect example of what grit and daring can accomplish," she says. "I loved writing him. He inspired me."
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September 20, 2017
First of all, the cover is a bit misleading. This isn't the type of Cherokee romance one first thinks about when the word "warrior" is in the title of the series. This Cherokee is not riding the plains fighting for his people, he is the cocky owner of a huge ranch and races horses.
Moving on to the characters, the heroine is a bitchy shrew who bitches about everything the entire book, I was so sick of her by the end I was hoping she fell off her horse and died.
The only interesting character was the cook and friend Maynell.
Moving on to the characters, the heroine is a bitchy shrew who bitches about everything the entire book, I was so sick of her by the end I was hoping she fell off her horse and died.
The only interesting character was the cook and friend Maynell.
October 1, 2021
I agree with the other reviewers about the cover which was misleading, to put it mildly.
Susanna Copeland is a widow who has to get her cattle to KS and sell them in order to save her ranch so she goes to the local jail and hires the baddest prisoner she sees to help drive them north. Cherokee Eagle Jack Sixkiller leapt at the chance to get out of jail after being jailed for a crime he didn't commit. After the two come to terms on the cattle drive, they start north posing as a married couple because women weren't allowed to lead cattle drives. Unknown to Susanna, Eagle Jack has his own ranch and his own reasons for taking the job.
The misleading cover really ruined the story for me; although Eagle Jack is indeed Cherokee but not as pictured on the cover. Instead he had his own ranch in Saledo, TX. An accomplished rancher and Cherokee, Eagle Jack comes to love the uppity Susanna. The description of the cattle drive was interesting but predictable.
Susanna Copeland is a widow who has to get her cattle to KS and sell them in order to save her ranch so she goes to the local jail and hires the baddest prisoner she sees to help drive them north. Cherokee Eagle Jack Sixkiller leapt at the chance to get out of jail after being jailed for a crime he didn't commit. After the two come to terms on the cattle drive, they start north posing as a married couple because women weren't allowed to lead cattle drives. Unknown to Susanna, Eagle Jack has his own ranch and his own reasons for taking the job.
The misleading cover really ruined the story for me; although Eagle Jack is indeed Cherokee but not as pictured on the cover. Instead he had his own ranch in Saledo, TX. An accomplished rancher and Cherokee, Eagle Jack comes to love the uppity Susanna. The description of the cattle drive was interesting but predictable.
February 3, 2019
I love this & I can't wait for more.
I will be also leaving a review on Goodreads @ Amazon.
And letting everyone know about it.
So i gave it a 5 Stars.
I will be also leaving a review on Goodreads @ Amazon.
And letting everyone know about it.
So i gave it a 5 Stars.
April 2, 2019
Cherokee Warriors
I loved this story, I look forward to reading more of her books, I recommend every one to read her books, KATTIE
I loved this story, I look forward to reading more of her books, I recommend every one to read her books, KATTIE
October 31, 2019
Didn't finish
September 17, 2024
One of those books where the hero is so perfect and the heroine sucks so much that I wonder if the author even likes women
March 4, 2017
Susanna Copeland hires Eagle Jack Sixkiller, bailing him out of jail, to pretend to be her husband and to drive her cattle to Kansas, but he has to be willing to work for a woman. Usually, this author writes very strong, stubborn heroines who are a touch TSTL, but are overall quite sensible. This heroine, despite her claims to be sensible, is simply TSTL. She despises taking orders from anyone, but she dishes them out left and right. She would, in fact, argue with a fence post (as suggested by the hero) before she'd accept a sensible order... This is where she's TSTL - instead of following orders that might save her life or be the best for the cattle on the drive, she gets all huffy that she didn't get to make the decision. I admit, Eagle Jack could be a lot more willing to share responsibility, but she's downright unreasonable. And she gets all kinds of irrational when he fails to tell her something she thinks she should have known. Eagle Jack, on the other hand, doesn't take much seriously and I got the impression that he enjoyed riling up Susanna entirely too much. The more furious she got the happier he was. He's a decent hero, but he got on my nerves as well. And then the ending...both of these characters have been shouting to the heavens that they'll never give up their freedom and settle down. Well, they fall in love and end up together, but there he never declares his love and she never really admits that she'd give up her freedom for him (the guy who's been controlling her life for the past few months). And what happened to Molly? Did she just get left, running along the side of the train? This story ended way too quickly.
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November 16, 2023
A relatively good storyline. I agree with others, the cover does not apply to the book. The story revolves around her wanting to do a cattle drive. She needs a male to help, a pretend husband, trail boss. The best way for her to do this was to bail out a male from the local jail. He was in jail accidently; his horse had also been stolen and he was a Native American. He agrees to help play her husband and she agrees to help him find his horse.
June 22, 2015
The prose could use some refinement here and there, but over all, it was a very charming love story between two stubborn, independent people.
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